As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
If Red nose puts out a strong team we have no chance and couls take a real hammering but if he rests a few with marseille in mind, I can see us only losing this 2-1. how optimistic am I!
bigreddave wrote:If Red nose puts out a strong team we have no chance and couls take a real hammering but if he rests a few with marseille in mind, I can see us only losing this 2-1. how optimistic am I!
augie wrote:As I said already mate, the league is the absolute priority for me and every decision for tomorrow should be made with that in mind. When I spoke about the negative impact losing with our full team tomorrow could have I wasnt talking about the impact it would have on me but on the players. We all know that despite wenger's bullshit comments our players have the most fragile mentality (probably) in world football and could we honestly believe in their ability to bounce back after such a result ? Personally I wouldnt put money on this team to beat any team on any given day such is the inconsistancy and poor attitude that we see so frequently from them so how can we disregard the possible implications that a loss tomorrow would have on them ? It may well be a sad state of affairs but right now this is a very real concern
Oh I know that, but it would still be a bad choice imo. We played a weakened team there in 2008, got spanked, & that was the real genesis of our collapse imo, rather than the Eddie injury. The fact that we didn’t have our first XI out that day didn’t stop or lessen the impact. And as well as sewing the seeds of doubt in our (the team’s) own minds, it gave Utd the scent of blood & the momentum to hunt us down. A loss today is gonna be damaging either way, so we may as well go all out to avoid that happening. Not to mention that should always be the way for a club like ours anyway, not sacrificing a game Houllier-style.
